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? ??DO THOU LIBERTY GREAT. INSPIRE OUR S?ULS AND ifc/YKE OUR LIVES IX THY POSSESSION HAPPY, ORp.UR^EATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE.?YOI,.BENNETTS VILLE, S. a, FRIDAY, JULY .24, 1908.?'.V. <' ,7?:-L.?"i'NO. 37ANOTHER TRAGEDY.A White Man Shot by a Negro WithH?B Own Gun.TWO NEGROES WERE KILLEDHy Way of*Retaliation, ami tito Restel'I lie Negroes Aro Afraidto Go Near TliePlace.A special dispatch to Thc State fromBatesburg says news lias just readiedthere that Willie Hall, ? young whiteman living eight miles south ot this"place, just over thc Aiken county linc,was killed Wednesday afternoon by anegro, George Edwards. Hall kept acountry store and was postmaster atChinquapin, in Aiken county. Thekilling was on the Lexington side, onemile from Hall's home. The negrowas in thc house of Lewis Head,another negro, and Hall was in theyard. Edwards used a single barreledshot gun, and after tiring on Willie heassaulted Judson Hall, a youngerbrother, and would navet killed himhad not others prevented. Md wardsescaped to the swamp nearby, bloodhounds have been wired for and muchexcitement prevails.Another dispatch to Thc State says.only meagre particulars can be gather.ed from thc tragedy. Persons coming?to twon for a collin for Hall Thursday?morning said the parties bad had anold trouble that was renewed Wednesday morning at Hall's store, thc negrofiring off a gun and acting defiantly.After that Hall and his brother, Judson, went a mile or so over in Lexington and came up willi Edwards in thehouse of Lewis Head, colored. TheHalls had each a single-barreledbreech loader.They got between the negro and hisgun, and a colored woman ran lu between the parties, and thc negroreached around lier and jerked Wilie'sgun, and turning it on its owner tired,shooting him through the heart andkilling him instantly. He then sprangat the younger Hall and a tierce struggle ensued for the possession of Judson's gun. Edwards dragged youngHall and beat and kicked bim. but the?latter held on to his weapon till the>ncgro left and Hall ran oil for help.. Ymn>grUudjQ;n Hall, seeing thc clothes;',pf .hls brother'on'firVj thus showing theolese quarters of the par tl c$ at theDUmeoLl'^to. t.bivAv xyater^m.hira J.o ,puti Jt/out.' Ia?t? a )?-?>'<- * ".,vaV'kiUeilVy a negfo'i'in-LihtpUjv.- >. 'pce-jbhat^tiinc no negroes havrr bcen allowed .Iii Linton.Oil Monday the Wallace circus washilled in that town and the management was warned in advance that the(55 negroes connected with the showsbQpId not bc brought to Lenton, sothe negroes were taken to a town sixmiles south of Linton and left whilethe circus went on. A crowd met thetrain and several hundred men inspected thc ou'tllt to see that therewere no negroes along. Specialcoaches were sent for the negroes leftbehind ?ind this train was run up toLinton at night when the circus wasready to leave and as the train passedthrough the town the negroes crouched behind the seats to avoid danger.This mode of traveling in a northernState isa little worse than thc JimCrow cars down south, isn't itvAssault on Negro (Slid.At Charleston Dan Sumtcrs, a negrocriminal, was arrested Tuesday morning of the charge ol' rape and committed to jail without bail. Thc crimewas committed on Victoria Grant, aD>-years-old girl of his own race.Another negro, whose name is unknown, is implicated in the crime.The girl'allegcs that Sumter anti another negro, whose name she does notknow, forced their way into her roomTuesday morning about 2:'I0 o'clockand ravished lier, one holding lier inturn while the other committed criminal assoit upon her. She made an outcry, when Sumter drew a knife andstabbed lier In Hie thigh. Molli madetheir escape, but Sumter was arrestedby the police several hours afterwards.Save tjio Hird-.The State says: "The first ease under the new game law in Virginiacame up in the Richmond policethe other day when Hie oliendo r waslined two dollars for capturing twobirds. This was the minimum linehut the justice declared thal nexttime lie would give tho offender thclimit. Wc would like to see some suchregulation as ibis on our SouthCarolina statute books and to see ilstrictly enforced. If there is nowsuch a law il is not enforced. Aninstance came under our obscavationrecently when two of these matchlesssongsters were sold fur Iii) cents in thiscity." To which we add our endorsement.I'uid UK; Penalty.A special dispatch lo the AugustaChronicle says after having beenchased through seven county amongthe swamps of the A llamaba and HieOcmulgee by a posse ol' detenu i nedfarmers, Md Claus, who assn tilted MissJohnson, til Darien Junction, (?a. last/ week, was caught while asleep, andf: quickly sent to his doom by the limb.The negro begged piteously for hislife but thc members of the posse, allfriends of his victim, paid no heed tdhis pleadings. I le was swung from alimb and his body riddled willi bullets.A New Keniody.Thc bee.sting ns a cure for rheumatism has received serious medical endorsement. Dr. 1'erc of Warburg,Germany, has announced thal lie liasproven the elllcacy of Hie treatmentin ftOO cases, and has cured thc mostobstinate and painful rheumatism.When the sufferer from rheumatismls stung. Hie part does not swell untilthe bee poison lias been frequently introduced, when thc pain vanishes.Dr. Herc cause I his patients to bcstung ?il Hist by a few bees, ?ind thengradually increases thc number.THE NEGRO MUST GO.iTi mt ls tho Moimi UK of t ho Knee Warin Indiana.It is a common error for negroes inthe South to believe that their bestfriends arc at the North, and that nomatter what they did down this wayto the white people would he endorsedbv the white people of thc North.For the benellt of this class of negroes we publish the extracts fromNorthern papers. In speaking of therace trouble in Indiana the New Yorki I crald says:"lt has remained Tor a NorthernState tu institute a crusade mrainstthc* negro race. Tho sporadic casesor peonage brought to light in Alabama-and which ber own citizens,grand juries and judges are denouncing and punishing-are of trail ngsignificance compared with the outrages and deliberate cruelties reportedin our dispatches from Indiana.Droves of inoffensive negroes drivenfrom their homes in Evansville aremaking their way to towns in thesouthern part of the State, pleadingfor work and shelter. These destitute and unfortunate refugees aremet outside the towns and villages by"committee" which turn them awaywith threats of violence. In plateswhere laborers are urgently neededand men of any kind with whiteskins would be gladly employed, thepleadings of these starving black menfor a chance to toll are brutally rejected. lt ls Incredible that civilizedcommunities living under the stripesshould be so inhuman, and we arcforced to thc conclusion that thc"committees" are constituted hythemore ignorant and turbulent elementIn thc population of the places fromwhich t hese homeless wanderers aredriven away."FOOLED THEM./V Sii PIM >H eil CorOHO Itu UH Auw ay ABJury Writes Verdict.Henry Hines, Charles ton, S. C. whoseveral days ago was declared to havetreen murdered by a negro named Ishmael, is today a well man and In perfect condition, with the exception ofa scar in his head iutlicted with abrick in tlje bands ?if Ishmael. Hinescame-'to. life while the coroner -wasbusy inquiring into, the cause .of.ditad^ath_;,aud juinpei] the Jnquest. . ;..^..oVt'-'aipicnie'-niveh. tit Red?ej" S. 'Civscvor'alidajs: :?'g'o'il l'a:i''s" '\vtus\strucV. iiiwboiwas; prom p'tlyi.:lir.r?strjU.a^<-^,r.?c.uJhi jail-un t he charge of murder. Coroner Dolliv?r was summoned, and arrangements were made for holding theinquest. A jury was sworn, and afterviewing the body it was removed under a clump of bushes to protect itfrom thc sun. The jury repaired ashort distance away under the shadeof a large oak, there to hear the testimony. Several witnesses were examined, all of whom tcstiiied thatHines was struck in the head with abrick or rock by Ishmael. While thejury was writing the inquest Hinescame to life, the blow having stunnedhim, and he decamped without givingan explanation to the coroner or thejury that declared him dead otllcially.When thc coroner discovered thathis corpse had disappeared there wasgreat consternation and surprise.Many believed that Hines' body hadbeen carried into a swamp near by byii large alligator. Thc mystery wasexplained thc following day whenHines called at the coroner's oiliccind told him that while he and hisjury were declaring him dead he wasbusy coming to life. Ishmael wasreleased from prison when the factsbecame known, much to his delight.Spectacular Suicide.A dispatch from Georgetown to TheState says: "A negro man committedsuicido Thursday by jumping off the[lock into the river. ?Ie was probablyintoxicated or insane, but the methodlind time selected by him for drowninghimself made the deed rather spectacular. A steamer load of negro excursionists was just leaving the dockwhen this man, who held a walkingstick in his hand, was seen to leap into tile river. He apparently made noittcmpt to swim, but rose threelimes, each time brandishing thc caneiii the air, as if saluting some one unHie steamer. At length he disappear;d, but for a full minute afterwardsLhe entl of t hc cane was raised aboveLhe surface. Men in a boat reachedihe spot where the negro sank tooatc to save him, and his body has not],'et been found.Rastalinre Terminal Sold.The East Shore Terminal and theCommercial Compress and Wharrproperty in Charleston were sold Tueslay by the order of the United Statessiren it court to satisfy mortgages ofBl,,'100,000 and $22,78L respectively.1 .?c property was bought in byPresident ll'. G. Erwin, til' the AntheJoast Line and general Counsel Fairfax Harrison of the Soutlierh railway,is joint tenants in common. Therewas only one bid on both properties,Lids being made by Mr. Harrison.Thc properties were bought at the up?ct prices. $f>0,000 and *ii0,0U0, retentively, which is extremely cheap.At thc sale were attorneys and int ristcd railroad men. Thc sale wasmade by Capt. .lamas F. Uedding,iction for Special Master W. E.Huger. The sale was confirmed by?rder of the court immediately afterLhe sale.Bribe Taker Convicted.At St. Louis, Mo., the jury in thc?ase of Julius Lehmann, former member nf the I louse of delegates, chargedvitli bribery in connection with thclassage of thc city lighting bill, returned a verdict Wednesday aftrnoon?tiding the defendant guilty. His>u nish mon t was tixed at seven years inlie penitentiary, the maximumninishinent under the law for thc?rime of which he was convicted. ItLook the jury just seven minutes in.vhieh to reac'i its verdict.SLAIN BY A MOB.Citizens Lynch the Man in WhoseYard Hall Was Killed.A SEQUEL OF THAT MUP.DER.Hoad Was in Conspiracy to MurderHull. Details of the LatestAppenl tu JudgeLynch.Thc Batesburg correspondent ofThe State says just across the line IiiAiken county Willie ITall was burledThursday morning in Mountablechurchyard. ' Not two miles away liesthe dead body of Dennis Head, a negro, shot to death in sight of his home.Your correspondent visited the scenesof the recent tragedies Friday, goingfirst to the Inline of Dannis Head, colored, where the Hall murder, was committed. Tlie house, a tiny big cabin,stands on a hill in tile middle of acornlicld, and in the door, gizlng outinto thc west, sat an old negro woman,wizened in years, the mother of Dennis Head. Near lier un a bench wasail aged man, lier iiusband. He is so?.ld that he sits in a half stupor andcannot answer any questions put tohim. Elsie Head, thc sister of pennisHead, a negro girl of about 25 years,told The State re presen tativr Fridayof thc killing or Willie Hall, giving insubstance thc same account as alreadypr?nLc?i in I Ju* .Stt'ttrC*THIS MU RD Blt OF Ii ALL.It seems that George Edwards, anegro came Into the store of the Hallson Wednesday afternoon and askedWillie Hall to exchange some tobaccotags which he had for a small presentof some kind. There had been feeling between the negro aud Hall forsome time on account of a previousdispute concerning a purchase In thcstore. The negro carried a shotgunand looking at it, Hall said: "Youhave got that gun.for me." Thc neuro made some surly reply and goingout of the store halted on the bridgeand tired a shot in thc air. Ile then leftthe sceue. going to the home of DennisHead, in Lexington county, aboutthree-quarters of a mile away. Notlong afterwards, so Judson Hall himself told your correspondent Friday,he and his brother loaded their shotgui.sand followed the negro intending to whip ,himvand teaoVTiim, alesson. Arriving at the horae'V ??:Dennis^ nead they found Edwardsseated;':jtistjnside the-door. Bothmen leveled the irguns at him.and, asthey. ehtei:(;d'tho dibu.'ie^Ehiie'tjlead;muzzle iand .a terrlffe struggle ensuedin which i the negro carlured theweapon, and turning, 's???t nls assailant through the aU'ccnen. Thewounded man cried: "I am shot," andhalf fell, half walked down the stepsinto thc yard, where he expired in afew minutes. Edwards rushed,at Judson Hall, the younger brother, andtried to wrest his shotgun from him,but Elsie Head assisted the white manIn thc struggle and finally thc negrolooked Hall In the eye and said: "Letrae go; I won't shoot you." JudsonHall took the gun, and, examining it,said it was not loaded, so he says. Insome way Edwards gained possessionof lt and ran across tine fields unmolested because his opponent wasphysiclally exhausted.Thc coroner was summoned andviewed the body of Hall, but the inquest was nut held until Friday morning, when a verdict was rendered saying that Edwards had committed thecrime. Thc same afternoon ButlerFox, a resldcut of Batesburg, boughta number of shotgun shells aud somerltlcs in the town, saying that his"partner" had beca killed, and thatother men were in danger.DENNIS HEAD KILLED.Soon after the moon rose the samenight Dennis Head, a negro living inAiken perhaps a mile and a half acrossthe county line, was called to his doorby a number of white men who askedfora drink of water. As he openedthe door one of the men clutched himby the wrist saying: "You are underarrest," and carrying him into theroad a few hundred yards away. Hiswife tells the rest of the story, forstrange though it may seem, no oneelse could be found who could orwould tell anything about Head'skilling. Jesse Butler, a negro of 18years, went with Head Into the road,says his wife, but soon ran back crying that he had been cruelly beaten.Shots were heard Immediately afterwards and the men left the scene.One of the women ran out Into theroad and stumbled over the body ofHead. She threw her arms aroundhis neck and he muttered some incoherent phrase. The woman was terrified by thc crime and ran away leaving the dying man. His body wasnot removed until Thursday morning,and Friday afternoon it was lying ontlie porch of the cabin covered by asheet, and silicide 1 from tlie sun by afew quilts hung on a chair. A negrosat near and waved a leafy bongil tokeep away the incessant swarm ofHies, thc while crooning a plaintivesong. The mau was shot throughthe left side of thc stomach and musthave died in agony. Clara Head, hiswile, said that Butler believed thatthere were three men in the partyand that Head was tied while theywere whipping the smaller boy. Inthe road lay a harness strap tied intoa knot, tlie negro's hat, buggy whipbroken Lo pieces, and a shot gilli shellfrom a 12-horc gun. Head's body wasstill lying on his porch Friday night,awaiting the coroner. In thc houseat the time of thc crime were two negro women, four children and thetwo men.FI HST "* KILLINO PLANNED.Judson Hall, a brother of thc deadman, told a gentleman ol' Batesburgthat Dennis Head, Lonney Johnsonand George Edwards had planned thekilling of his brother long before itwas consummated, but this story isnot generally credited. However, itshows that there was enmity againstBead hythe Halls. Butler Fox alsospoke In violent terms of LonneyJohnpon und said- that tho crowdwished to catch him. It ls highlyprobably that Johnson, if oaught,may suffer tho extreme penalty..A peculiar fact was developed at thecoroner's inquest Thursday when Judson Hall testified that in the strugglethat occurred in the houso where hisbrother was killed that his own gunwas discharged. Ho says that he doesnot know how it occurred, It is possible that ho himself unwillingly mayhave been the author of his brother'sdeath. The negroes In tho outlyingdistricts are terrified by the recent occurrences but are not leavlug thecounty. They refuse to say anviling about the crime and, the whiteman are equally as retlcient.The best people of Matesburg itselfdeplore the killing of Head he u tily,but ridicule the idea of a race war.It is thought by many people thatblind tiger whiskey played a prominent part in thc hom leide. Thesceneof thc crimes is in thc heart of thcsandhills in a lonely and unpopulatedsection.Mr. J: lt. T. Major drove with yourcorrespondent through the portion oftlw two counties where the homicideoccurred. Sheri IT Alderman of Aikencounty come to thc county line Fridayand will probably take active step tolind the men who killed Hoad. Thereare no fears of further trouble hareFriday night and steps will be takenimmediately through thc governorand tlie proper authorites to determine who are the guilty parties.ANOTHER ACCOUNTWhich (Jives a Diff?rent i.i^ot tuthc Affair.The State correspondent at Aikensays he drove out to the scene of theHall murder Thursday night. Thepublished reports so fur are correct.Willie Hall was a mun about ?Kl yearsold and was a quiet, inoffeusive youngcitizen. Tlie winde family are good,law-abiding people, and although theyhad all been warned repeatedly of tlienegro, George Edwards, they hadmerely asked him sevoral times tokeep away from their premises. Fromwhat can bc loamed in the neighborhood, Willie Hall had ample provocation to punish Edwards severely sevoral times, but had not desired trouble, and only asked to be let along.Young Judson Hall is only 20 ' years;old and would, without doubt, havebeen killed also had it not been forthe intervention of the colored woman ,Hilsey Head. As it is, he is b^diwj.Jgeaten up in the face and Breast;?]/Thursday about 1 a. m., a posse in''search of "George Edwards wentto[tilehouse of Dennis Head, a known palplwere told that nb harm was int?h?edand if they would keep quiet the whitemen would search the house and leu vethem alone. As a precaution againsttreachery, Head was bound and placed in a buggy. Head asked thc mento let the boy bring out his clothes sothat he could dress. The men allowedthe boy to go into the house to getthe clothes and when he came backthey told him to toss the bundle toHead in tlie buggy. The boy did so,and the bundle struck .the wheel anda revolver fell out. As soon as theboy saw that his plan had miscarriedhe drew a pistol and lired point blankat one of the white men. The menshot him to pieces and then killedHead, who had tumbled out of thebuggy and was trying to reach hispistol on the ground. There is a partynow out searching the swamps forGeorge Edwards and if he ls caughthe will be lynched.A HAD FELLOW.Magistrate Shealy of Lexingtoncounty held thc iuqucst over WillieHall's body on Thursday and the jurybrought in the usual verdict in suchcases, viz: "William Hall was killedby a gunshot wound at the hands ofGeorge Edwards."The report was current in AikenFriday that there was a small raceriot on at Chinquapin. This reportwas given color by thc killing of thetwo negroes Thursday morning. Hutnothing of the kind is thecase. The negroes in the section are quiet and areseemingly as grieved at the killing ofMr. Hall as the white people are. Thenegro Edwards was a terror to thecommunity, being an impudent, lazy.scoundrel nf the bully type, and it isonly a surprise that he was allowed togu as far as he did. Ile is a veryblack, thick set, powerful negro about20 years old, has thick lips, Hat noseand white rolling eyes. Blood houndshave been ordered by thc community,and if nothing happens to prevent,Rd wards will lie caught and lynched.Mr. Hall's mother is prostrated,and it is hard for any law-abidingcitizen to hear lier screams of anguishand then blame the people of thccommunity of desiring to avenge theruthless breaking up of an old homestead and the shattering of an oldmother's heart.Ho WllH Too ICU.MII.The Columbia State says: "Maj.Vurdaman, who is campaigning forgovernor in Mississippi on a platformof opposition to negro education, declared when he started out "that ifthe negro could be found who hadgraduated at a college and subsequently worked in the lield he wouldeat him and without salt." Such anegro has been produced for i lie rnajor's dinner but at last accounts hehas not even said grace. The majormust bc one of those invincibles whodeclared before Fort Sumter was tiredon that they would drink all the bloodthat would be spilled ina war betweenthe StatesDropped Dead.At Winninpeg, Mr.nltoba, P. M. Arthur, grand chief engineer of thcBrotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,dropped dead Friday night williespeaking at the banquet closing theannual union convention of thcBrotherhood of Locomtlve Engineerrwhich has been in sesssion for the pastfew days. Mr. Arthur had just arisento respond to a toast and repeatedthe words: "It may bc my partingwords to many of you," when he fellba' ward and expired a few minutesrJouiwards.A ?oigo Number of Casualties Following the CelebrationOF THE NATION'S NATAL DAY.A }>eat|i PcnliiiK Toy That Should; 1 lie Lcgiulutetl to Tile Shorten. ,. ol' Obsourity lu allState?..?'rt . .;T4ie Intilanapolis Journal says up toWednesday reports from the eountryat large showed 28 deaths and 1,485mutilations, many ol' which will proveratal, from fourth of July celebrations.On'the Fourth of Juiy, 1902, ai persons were killed and 2,(149 seriouslyInjured. The casualties increase ?vqrvyear with tba growth of populationarid; thc multiplication of dangerousdevices for making noise. A largeproportion of thc injured who do notdiei'will be mutilated for life. In addition to personal accidents there is always a list of lires with kisses aggregating several hundred thousanddollars caused by explosions and lireworks.In view of these annual losses oflig and property and infliction of Injuries and deformities for life, is ltnot ; about time to inquire whetherour manner or celebrating the Fourthshould not be reformed? ls lt not abarbarous custom that leads us toidentify patriotism with noise and tocelebrate the nation's birthday bykilling or maiming two or three thousand persons* every year? How longwiU-be before we get past the tlrecraoker, the torpedo and the tom-tomstage pf-civilization that can lind nobutter-, way celebrating Independenceanti expressing patriotism than in themaking of hideous noises and killinga Jj?/ire number of men and boys everyyearby It is not only a very senseless 1Sufuxffi but a very costly mode of 1celebrating, that involves the annual l?acHQco of so many lives.. ., THE INCUBASES.m^MwIng arc a few deaths thatimye Vocurred since the above wasirh'tted. .,- ?. Atv^pittsburg, Ta., six boys have 1if?u'.ofVtearius zinc, all the victims of Il,,tf?jr't'h1 of July toy pistols.^j^p"??ur,h Norwalk, Conn., Arthur <Dqiiuiugbarn, ^ aged 12 years, . is dead 1if V'UijaWy resulting from injuries re- ?'icy j from sparks while tiring a toy 1?1 'Detroit, Mich., .lockjaw as a re. ..ry oiaimeu-?wcr moreLos Wucii Israel ?gusbavetsz .md 3rViUiam May died. ' 1At Tthaco, N. Y.. Harry H. 'Hsuop, 13 years or tige, died of lock- saw caused by a slight injury on thefourth of July through the exploding 1d a.blank cartridge. $Ab llarrisbu rg, Pa., f our deaths from Jetanus of boys Tanging in age from 8 1o ld years have occurred resulting jjrom slight injuries received on the .fourth of-July from toy pistols.At Cleveland, Ohio., Charles Hineslied of tetanus as a result of injuryrom a toy pistol received on July 4.fTiis makes the eighth death thererom lockjaw since the Fourth of culy. tAt Philadelphia, Pa., two more jIcaths from tetanus as a result of in- 'uries received from toy pistols oe- 1urred 'making a total of seven death *rom this dreaded disease since the 'fourth ol' July. The victims tuday \vere William Kar mci, aged 10 years, '.ntl Harry Hanks, ti years o|d. JA Dritte by Nature 'A dispatch from Gaffney to thc (itate says Wednesday night about 12 ('clock Goldie Davis, who was drink- -ng at the time went to his room at ,he Hampton boarding house near the \lallney Manufacturing company and (ound tho electric light globe gone. .le had previously broken two earlier (u the night. Not being able to make ,. light he went to the bed of V. M.ngram, who was sleeping and cursed ,lim and then began cutting him with ]ils knife. Mr. ingram jumped out ofied and grubbed a chair to defendilmself, when be was attacked byVinner Davis, Goldie's brother. Bothf the Davis boys made their escape.Mr. Ingram was painfully cut abouthe f?oe and neck. L)r. Settle myerrds called in and dressed the wounds.A warrant has been sworn out forhe arrest of both of the Davis boys,t is supposed.that they went back to'lorfh Carolina, they having comeicre from Forest City about ten daysgo. _Honoring WUHtlillgtOU.At London, longland, at a meetingf the executive committee of the'ilgrims club Wednesday night aommitte was appointed to give efTccto the recent suggestion to erect atatu? to George Washington in Lonlon. lt was decided that the subcriptions should be entirely conlinedo British subjects. Archdeacon Sinlair, in submitting the plan to theociety, said: "Englishmen have attst fully recognized the irreat quaibl?s of Washington. 1 feel assuredhat nothing will bc more popular inIiis country than such a tribute tohat great man of lOngllsh hirth whoins done so much for the world's hisory, not only for t he young hattoncross the sea, but for Great Britain8 well."' Archdeacon Sinclair anilounccd that he was authorized tolier a place for tue statue in St. Paul'sathcdral.Soldiers jFljrht.A special from Wilson, Arizonaays: a light lias occurred between thenen of 1 and M troops on one sidend C IO troops on the other, all of the''ourteenth United States cavalary atlonita, three miles from Fort GrantCorporal Seidensticker of troops Mvas fatally wounded in the groin andrumpctcr Davis, also of Troop Mras shot through both legs. Th? mevho did the shooting are unknownirescnt. Ono hundred shots were tirednd a house wrecked. About tlftynen arc Implicated.PARDONS ASKED FOR.Ijiint Week Uovornor Ileyward ActedOH Several Application,I The Columbia State says Gov, Ijeyward bas declined to pardon FannieCarson, the whito woman who in 18?5was convicted of having participatedin thc murder of her husband, and ishow serving a life sentence in thepenitentiary. The governor receivedfrom Spartanburg counky a mass ofpetitions containing the names ofmany who declared that they wantedto see thc woman pardoned. But therewere reasons which the governor didpot care to express which made himstay his hand.Thc petitions, which were presentedby W. Bi Dillingham o? Spartanburg,declaro that the woman, who was convicted in 1895, Is weak__of mind, andthat at the time of the moder was under tlie influence of Edward Green,who gained such power of her that hebecame master of her will, lt wasalso declared that she was not actually a participant in the crime. Another reason advanced is that sileshould be at homd to aid in raisingher children, who are being cared Torby her father, a widower. lier healthis said to be declinitui. After matureconsideration the governor decided tolet thc sentence stand.ANOTIIEH itepusKD.Another petition for pardon markedwith the endorsementi ''refused" Wed'ncsday was that of Freston Jefferson,colored, of Sumter county, who waschai ged with the worst of all crimes.Tlie application was presented bjMrs. A. K. Saunders. The petitionsin support were strong, and many peoplc think that tho guilt was not cnti roly lils. Investigation sh?wB thatthe application has been rejectedabout sl\- times,Jackson Alston, who ls serving afive-year sentence for manslaughter InBeaufort county, also failed to recoi ve the pardon asked for throughMr. W. S. TiJlinghast and othersThe petition was based on the excuseof "good behavior" and that othersmore criminal than himself had beenpardoned. The presiding judge refused to recommend that the pardonbe granted.TIIKSK WERE MOUE VOUTUNATETony Brown and John McBride orCharleston were pardoned upon the _request of thc "members of the Char- f|aston drainugo commission through aMr. James Cogrpve. It was shownjhat these negroes are in thc last eitages of consumption and that they 0ire of no service to the commissionwhich is draining Charleston ' neck I,vith the use of convict labor.Jacob; . Epps, - a .negro boy., of _\yil- ^''ear sentence for assault with criminal ^ntent. Tlie reason why he was parloned Is that he, too, is lu thc lastitages of-tubeiculosis.William Talley o? Greenville, whomd been sentenced to pay a line ofilOOor to spend one year in jail, had clis sentence commuted to one-half ofhat term and of that amount. The)etitlon was presented by Mr. J. I.Sarle of Greenville. The negro haserved all of the term which the'com- C(nutation covered. ^Rev. John Attaway Dead.Rev. John Attaway died last Tues- S(lay morning at 3 o'clock at his resl- '<jlenee In Williamston after severalvecks' conllQcment to his room, dur- ang which time he suffered greatly- ^mt the same spirit of Christian re- t,?ignation which had characterized his pile was with him until the last mo- ?neut. Ile had been a minister of the 'cMethodist church for more than 40 Jj,-ers and was kuown throughout thc v:ntiro State as a zealous, earnest and j?xmsecrat.ed man of God. The funeral cvas conducted by Rev. Samuel Lan- c1er, D. D., assisted by Rev. A. J. a3authen, Jr., and Rev. It. A. Child, aWednesday afternoon in the William- Qiton Methodist church, after which, .,he remains wore interred in the town n'.emetery in the presence of a largogathering of friends and kindred of v,hc-deceased. Besides a wife, several jions and three daughters survive him, j,hree or his sdus having been In the ?ictive ministry in the South Carolina t:onTerence of the Methodist Episcopal rmureil, smith. fBonetlclurlen Appointed.Gov. Ileyward has appointed the fleneticiat les who will hold scholarships tn the South Ca roi I nhl Medical college \it Charleston next year. Thc State Ilays there were over 75 applicants andJie governor acted only after verynature deliberation. Tlie applicantsvere highly endorsed as to charactermd the recommendations of thesuccessful applicants were such that Ie/he governor expects much of them. | 9Thc appointees are: William KershawI'M-diburn, Walterboro, Colleton conn- R,y, lirst congressional district; John y\. Necee. Munetta, Saluda county, 0ecunci congressional district: John ?. e.iee, Hodges, Abbeville county, third tsongressional district; Clifford A.Smith, Glenn Springs, Spartanburgtounty, fourth congressional district;l\ E. Wannamaker. Jr., Cheraw,Jhestcrllcld county, fifth oongressionil district; Edward M. Allen, Florence,?'lorcncc county, sixth congressionalllstrlct; W. It. Bryant, Orangeburg,)range?iurg county, seventh congres1ioual district. 1Mule Did Him Up.Tlie Cherokee News says lt is reportid at Gaffney that a negro living oniroad river was trying to kill his wifeast week. Ile cut at her several Mmesvlth his killie and was stooping down,0 pick ip a rock to hit lier withvlicn his mule kicked him back of thelead and knocked him silly. Since/he blow on thc head the negro has>ecn crosseyed and foolish. His wife,vornan like, is nursing and walting onlim. Sambo might be able to runivor Melinda, but he must keep outif the way of Baalim's heels.Allowed Unit.John G. Wham was granted hail in,hc sum of 84,000 by Judge Dantzlerast Wednesday. Wham killed L. W.ilamage on July 9. Ferguson &featherstone and W. lt. Richey apicared for Wham; Solicitor Seasc O.J. Schumpcrt.for thc State.1 STATE FARMERS' INSTITUTE. ?,Omoial Announcementr as tn thoGathering at Glenison in August.The following circular has-been 1EBued:j A farmers' Institute will b? held atClemson Agricultural college, August10th to 14, 19UU. All farmers who areInterested in farming operations ofevery kind and nature are cordiallyInvited to be present upon that occasion. The railroads have offered reduced rates.* Clemson Agriculturalcollegers situated one mile from Calhoun station on the Southern railwayand two miles from Cherry's stationon the Blue llldge railway.Lodging will be given to all. farmers and their wives free of charge inthc barracko of the college. Boardwill be had at thc rate of 50 cents aday, single meals 25 cenls. All persons who avail themsctves of this freelodging must bring sheets, pillowsises and towels.The exercises will begin at 8 p. m.,Monday, August Kith, and there willbe daily exercises thereafter from 10i. m., to 12.H0 p. m., to 4..'IO p. m.; 8a.-m., to 10 p. m. .Tuesday-Meeting of the Agricultural und Mechanical society and discus?lon of the subjects orought before it.Wednesday --Discussion of subjectselating to live stock and dairy inter?sts.Thursday-Discussion of subjects.elating to horticulture.Friday-General session. Thc initltutc will dose. Friday night.There will bc separate halls providedor business meetings.Besides lectures by members of the'acuity of thc college a number of distinguished spoakcrs have accepted incitations'to lecture beforot.be instinto. Among these may be mcntion:d Maj. Henry E. Alvord, chief oflairy division, U. S., department ofigrioulture; Mr. John Hamilton, farners' institute specialist of the U-S.,lepartmcnt of agriculture; Mr. M. V.'tiohards, land and industrial agentOr thc Southern Hallway company;2ol. Ii. J. Redding, director of the?eorgla experiment station; F. J.rlerriam, editor Southern Ruralist;Joh R. B. "Watson of thc State Agriultural and Mechanical society.An hour each day an expert will disuss thc subject of domestic scienceur thc benefit of thc ladies who mayttend the farmers' Institute.Ample opportunities will bc affordedvery one to visit and inspect all partsf the college and experiment station.R H. MELT,,President. .*Thc " Southeastern Passenger assolatlon has;gran ted a.'tilte.fln' aALrajl-??!ire,''plii?t25''?ehi:s,^?:t??B.>. ^-cfl^linlmum fare 50 cents.THE COURTS' DELAYauscil tho Ly ii eli i nu of n White ManIn Kentucky.At Mayosvillc, Ky., enraged at theaurt's action, a mob broke into the'lemingshurg jail Wednesday morn?g and hanged William Thacker, adiite man, who had been given a life Ijntence for the murder of John Gor- !on, two years ago. .Thacker, in a quarrel with Gordon,t Foxport, fought and killed l?h?,.hen sat on his body with a wincheser In his hands while he smoked a |i pc.and dared any one to attempt torrest him. At tho time Thacker |scaped, but later he was arrested andjdged in 'jail at Flemingsburg. Uclras given two trials and finally got a!ife sentence. Gordon was a gooditizen. Thacker appealed to the|ourt of appeals and was waiting fornother trial. He had some moneynd was able to command the supportf some influential men, and it iseared he might have escaped punishment altogether. HThe mob colected at Mt. Carmel,/here Gordon once lived, and came |rito Flemingsburg by twos and throes,n order not to arouse suspicion. They Idvancedupon the jail shortly afteroidhlght.* The jailer refused to surender the keys, but he was overpowred and the keys taken from lil ni.thacker was hurled to a tree near theail and given two minutes to say- his?rayers, which he refused to do, butleged fordifc. To hush his cries hevas blt on the head wlth a rock andlis unconscious, body was strung upint il life had become extinct..Tho Law's Delny.Here Is a story condensed from the |ur rent issue .of Harper's Weekly:Phcrc is now at" large in fche State ofdelaware and enjoying freedom a nero named Neal, who twenty-four)ears ago committed a criminal assault |na white woman and then attemptd to hide that crime by murderinghe woman. Antony Higgins, formerJolted States Senator and now a leadng Republican politician of Delaware,ms Neal's counsel and managed tobtain his freedom and escape fromny kind of punishment for his doublerime on. a technicality, after hislient had been three time sentencedo death. Harper's Weekly gives the?lets more in detail and drclares. that]ut for the memory of Neal's case theegro White would not have beenurjicd at thc stake in Wilmingtonlie .other day. Thc law's delays areesponsihle for much of thc lynch lawii the country, for the paople have aray of remembering these things.An II? I y Cri tuc.Hon. James L. Shelton, cx-mcmbcrlf thc assembly from Louis countynd a resident of Richmond, Va., was]ttacked by negroes and beaten into |tisenslbillty, while walking in thc1:rounds of the Hermitage Golf club,n thc western suburbs ef the city,ri th a young lady, a nurs^ in one of |he hospitals, Friday night. It is retorted that the young lady was dragred into an adjoining Held and felonously assisted, but so far this, looks |onfirmatioii. It is authoritativelytated that thc negroes did not acompllsh their purpose on the youtifttidy.Hearly Halt of the Inmates Convictedof Crimes Against tho Peace.SEVEN HUNDRED CONVICTS.Largo Percentage Hoen Convicted of .*'.?.Murder, Tboro Hoing lOOof-That Class bastYear..Ot thc-710 convicts In the State 'prison 339 have been .convicted of.crimes of violence. This statement 'will indeed bo surprising-that over 15por cent, of the prisoners In the penitentiary are being punished for murder, manslaughter and assault-aridbattery. Not all of the convictionshave been made on such charges, however, for on thc county chaiugangsthere arc fewer prisoners who are pay-,lng the penalty of violations of the,peace of the commonwealth. The fol-5lowing statement shows the numberof convicts in the prison and the?crimes which tiley commited:Manslaughter.108.Murder.170Rape_. 30Larceny from the person. 3Housebreaking.. 1,Grand larceny. 13Larceny bf bicyle. 7Throwing missile at train. ..... 2Obstructing railroad. 7Burglary..-..20Housebreaking and larceny.05"Bigamy. .... 3Forgery.... .. 7Housebreaking and com. larceny.. 1Shooting In car." 1Larceny....'.. ... 30Carbreakiug aud larceny_: ._ 17'Larceny of li ve stock. 15.Burglary and larceny of live stock. 1Assault and battery with intent torape. 28Assault and-battery with intent tokill..31;Assault and battery. 2"Breach of trust. 2Obtaining goods under false pretense .1"Housebreaking In night time. 1 ?Receiving stolen goods. i;Burglary and.larceny . 85Accessory to murder. 2Burglary and attempt to ravish... 3Violating dispensary law. 1Highway robbery.15House burning. . 2Arson. . 42'Crimes against morality.._.... 3.?.T?U? ..,vv. .710[ The roport of tho attorney. . general-!:for last year.'sh.qv?s. th?b.pf the . 1,731 'casiW'f't.rirfA tJ\pi-2i : wth'-lV-'Ofa..:c^?n^fei?were 353 cases of violation . of " the ? 'peace. The solicitors' reporta show .the /..following results in murder : trials::.First circuit, convicted 18, acquitted;519; Second circuit, convicted 13, acquitted 27; Third circuit, convicted 7,acquitted 9; Eourth circuit, convicted9, acquitted 4; Fifth circuit, convicted 4, acquitted ll; Sixth circuit, convicted 22, acquitted 10; Seventh circuit, convicted 12, acquitted 7; Eighthcircuit, convicted 1?, acquittal 14.Total, convicted .101; acquitted 102.The number of conviction this yearshows an increase over last year, lt isgenerally stated.-The State.NORTH IS LIKE THE SOUTH.Kew .York and New Jersey People?roubod to Lynching Point.Whcu it comes to lyncuing a fiendfor the usual crime there is no difference between the North and South.The quick wit of a deputy sheriff atCoxsackie, N. Y., Tuesday afternoonprevented the lynching of James Lit-?tlc, a 19-year-old negro hailing fromSummerhurst, N. Y., who Tuesday ,morning near New Baltimore criminally assaulted Emma Cole, aged llyears, daughter of Joseph Cole, afarmer living one mile back of NewBaltimore. The negro escaped afterthreatening the child with death. Twoother children had given the alarmand Mr. Cole and neighbors met thechild coming home and at once organized a party to scour the woods. Little was captured on the railroad tracknear Coxsackie, and he confessed theassault and was locked up. A mob of150 enraged farmers started from NewBaltimore for Coxsackie, augmentedby a large number of striking Coxsakle moulders and river men, allfrankly vowing their intention tolynch the negro. Deputy Sheriff VanLoon, realizing that the coming ofdarkness would mean the breaking ofthe flimsy local lockup and the violentdeath of his prisoner, smuggled thenegro out and took him down the riveron tlic boat to Catskill, where there isa well built jail. The Cole child isseriously injured, but may recover.Shooting AfTray in Columbia.At Columbia Will Holland wasfatally wounded at C o'clock Wednesday morning by J. W. Burkhalter.They are both young white men andBurkhalter bears a good reputation.Holland is said to be wild and continually in trouble, and thc police hadbanished him from the city after repeated terms In the city jail. Holland lived with the keeper of a houseof ill fame, who called herself by hisname. Since his banishment from thecity he has been living at Cayce,across thc river, whfc(re Burkhaltcrwas a telcgrapli operator^ They gotacquainted and were friends'. Wednesday morning Buvklialter saw Holland crawling in a window and firedfour shots at him, two of which hit,one in tho stomach. He was Immediately arrested and Holland was takento .thc hosptital. Burkhalter claimsself-defense as Holland had a pistol,but did not lire it.Wuito Man Must llnng.The surprcme court at Tallahasse,Fla., last Wednesday aillrmed the decision of thc circuit court in thc caseof the State vs. William Sylvester andunless the pardoning board interveneshe will hang. Sylvester was convicted of the murder of Edward Burton,master mechanic of tho Seaboard AirLine shops at Fernandina, who haddischarged him.